Throughout history, every successful person, whether it is an imperial general or a family gatekeeper, is almost inseparable from the assistance of "wisdom tanks". Duke Qi Huan reused Guan Zhong and was able to dominate in Spring and Autumn, Liu Bei was three Gu Maolu, and Zhuge Liang helped him get three points of the world, all of which are popular good stories.
However, one word prospers, one word abolished. Many times, what others offer is likely to be "bad ideas", and the result is naturally counterproductive. There has been no shortage of such examples since ancient times. Let's take a look at the famous "Nine Bad Ideas" in history.
1. Tampering with the edict Digging one's own grave
Qin Shi Huang pacified the Six Kingdoms, Li Si can be said to have made an indispensable contribution, so after Qin unified the world, he was worshipped as a prime minister, and in the process of governing the country, Li Si also made many enemies. Qin Shi Huang was violently killed during his eastern tour, and Li Si had no backers, and his heart could not help but panic. In particular, after Qin Shi Huang left an edict and determined that Fusu would inherit the throne, because Fusu trusted Meng Tian, Li Si was even more worried that the position of prime minister would be difficult to secure. At this time, Zhao Gao gave him an idea and tampered with the edict to accede Hu Hai to the throne.
Therefore, for the sake of his own status, Li Si and Zhao Gaohe murdered Fusu and installed Huhai as the second emperor of Qin. Unexpectedly, he fell into a "death of Qin II", and he was also framed by Zhao Gao.
Second, the chain of iron cables was burned
During the Battle of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao led a million-strong army south to devour Eastern Wu. But because the northern soldiers were not good at water battles, they had difficulty moving on warships. At this time, Pang Tong came to offer a chain of chains, chaining the ships together, and laying wooden planks so that the soldiers could move freely between the ships as if they were walking on the ground.
But this was actually a "big hole" dug for Cao Jun, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan teamed up to deal with Cao Cao. Zhou Yu, the governor of the Eastern Wu naval army, set up a "fire attack plan" and used the opportunity of the fraudulent landing to ignite the warship and rush towards the Cao army. The ships that were linked together could not move, they were burned clean by the fire, and the Cao army was almost completely destroyed.
Third, lure wolves into the house Five chaos
During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the population declined sharply due to years of war. So some people offered a plan to the imperial court to "appease the five hus", and in a hundred years, millions of Hu people entered the Central Plains one after another.
Such a move has greatly changed the population composition of the Central Plains, with the Han ethnic group accounting for only one-third of the population. Later, taking advantage of the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", many ethnic minorities established independent regimes one after another, and the chaotic situation of the "Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms" appeared, which also brought a long period of war to the people of the Central Plains. In the end, Wuhu entered "China", while the Jin chamber lived in Yangyue.
4. Prevention before trouble occurs and the country is destroyed
The Southern Emperor Liu Yilong used the general Tan Daoji to guard the border pass, and Tan Daoji lived up to his trust and led his troops to resist the invasion of the Northern Dynasty and protect the stability of the Southern Dynasty's regime. However, when Liu Yilong fell ill, he felt that he might not survive, so he began to arrange the aftermath. At this time, some people also came to offer advice, thinking that Liu Yilong's younger brother Liu Yifu's younger brother would compete for the throne, and Liu Yifu and Tan Daoji were on good terms, and he should kill Tan Daoji to avoid future troubles.
Liu Yilong really killed Tan Daoji according to the plan. Unexpectedly, his illness improved, but at this time, in the face of the invasion of the Northern Dynasty, there were no generals available, and finally the Northern Korean army broke through the defense line and lost the country.
V. Self-Severed Arms Eight years of turmoil
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Bian Lingcheng, the superintendent of the army, because of his discord with the defender Gao Xianzhi, took the opportunity to advise Emperor Xuanzong, saying that Gao Xianzhi had shaken the heart of the army and should kill him to boost the army's power. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang did not distinguish between authenticity and falsity, and decreed Gao Xianzhi to die, and then killed another general, Feng Changqing.
The most direct consequence of Tang Xuanzong's self-severed arm was the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, which lasted for eight years, lost Tongguan, fled for his life in a hurry, and was forced by the army to kill his favorite Yang Guifei.
6. The Chengtou Practice Jingkang's shame
The most absurd idea was the advice that Emperor Qinzong of the Northern Song Dynasty listened to when facing Jin Bing. At that time, Commander Jin drove straight in, and was about to attack the outside of Bianliang City, and the countermeasure adopted by Emperor Qinzong of the Ku Faith Sect turned out to be the input of a Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest pretended to be a ghost, and after ordering people to open the city gate, he pinched the mantra and drew talismans on the head of the city, thinking that this would make the Jin soldiers retreat. However, the golden soldiers of the tiger and wolf division were not "frightened", and eventually fell into captivity by the second emperor of Hui Qin, leaving a suffocating shame of Jingkang.
7. Imperial Driving Relatives Tied up and captured
Ming Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty liked to show off his "martial arts" the most, and was an emperor who named himself "Generalissimo", and the courtiers below called him "Daming God of War". In order to make Emperor Yingzong happy, the great eunuch Wang Zhen took advantage of the opportunity to patrol the border and offered Yingzong to "drive his own conquest" and go to fight the enemy.
As a result of the war, Emperor Yingzong was captured, and the imperial court had to redeem his emperor, which is known as the "Tumu Fort Change". Since then, the Daming Dynasty has embarked on the road of turning from prosperity to decline.
8. Closing the Door to the Country and humiliating the country by losing power
The Qing Dynasty prided itself as a "heavenly state", believing that its country was rich in goods, and what it wanted, and there was no need to trade with foreigners. During the Qianlong period, he listened to the advice, completely closed the country's doors, banned all trade, and put an end to advanced foreign ideas.
And such a bad idea as "closing off the country" was exchanged for the cannon fire and unequal treaties of foreign power aggression, and a powerful dynasty was reduced to a lamb to be slaughtered by losing power and humiliating the country. In the end, the Qing government also perished in decay.
9. Killing people with a knife will result from themselves
Let's talk about a woman's bad idea. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao competed with each other for favor. In order to defeat Xiao Shufei, someone suggested to Empress Wang to encourage Emperor Gaozong to bring Wu Zetian, a martial artist who had become a monk, back to the palace. Empress Wang followed the plan and finally joined forces with Wu Zetian to let Xiao Shufei be beaten into the cold palace.
But what she didn't expect was that she was then deposed as empress under Wu Zetian's "exclusion", and Xiao Shufei fell into the same fate, really lifting a stone to shoot herself in the foot. What's more, Wu Zetian finally even took the emperor's throne and became China's first female emperor.
What other historical "bad ideas" do you know? In fact, listening to both is clear, partial listening is dark, no matter what we do, there is nothing wrong with asking others for one thing, but we must analyze these suggestions well and weigh the pros and cons, so as not to let ourselves fall into the trap of "bad ideas".